Chef

Healthcare Homes; Essex; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Essex is seeking a Chef to prepare meals for 39 residents in a residential care home. The role involves managing a kitchen team, planning menus, and ensuring food hygiene standards. Ideal candidates should possess culinary skills and some experience in a professional kitchen. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package along with supportive work culture, ensuring a fulfilling workplace for all staff.

Benefits

Company Pension

5.6 weeks paid holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Training courses through Healthcare Homes Academy

Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in working in a professional kitchen.
• Knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards.
• Ability to develop and manage a kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare home-cooked meals considering dietary requirements.
• Plan weekly menus and manage stock control.
• Organize theme nights using creativity.

Skills

Culinary skills

Organizational skills

Food hygiene standards

Education

City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications

Job description

Chef

Romford Grange

£13.00 per hour

30 hours per week (includes alternate weekends)

Do you have a passion for preparing and cooking meals and want to help make a difference in people’s lives?

If you are kind, compassionate and committed, we would love for you to join our kitchen team in our lovely home, Romford Grange, catering for 39 residents.

Romford Grange provides residential, nursing and dementia care to elderly people living in Romford. The staff at the home are very friendly and welcoming and spend a lot of time with the residents making sure they provide good quality, person-centred care every day.

What would a typical day look like?

Liaising with our residents to prepare a variety of home‑cooked meals in accordance with various allergy and dietary requirements. Writing and planning weekly menus, stock control and ordering as well as keeping wastage to a minimum. Using your creativity for our regular theme nights, where we prepare dishes from around the world. Developing and managing our existing kitchen team.

The successful candidate will have experience in working in a professional kitchen, have good organisational skills and knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential as they can be provided through our Academy.

In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Company Pension
• 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
• Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £ per person
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing
• Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy
• Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Level 3 in Food Production Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality
• Recognition and Long Service awards

Established in , Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.

If you are looking for a new and rewarding role and want to be part of our growing team of healthcare professionals, then get in touch or apply today.

Here at Romford Grange we provide residential, nursing and dementia care to elderly people living in Romford. We are situated in Essex in a quiet residential area close to the town centre and with excellent public transport links.

Our team is passionate about providing truly person-centred care and this is evident in the day-to-day running of the home. We are friendly and approachable and you can really feel this when observing our care style.

To find out more about Romford Grange follow this link